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Big Bay Short Range Radar Site

Big Bay Short Range Radar Site

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Big Bay (LAB-4) is a Royal Canadian Air Force Short Range Radar Site located on the coast of Labrador, 167 miles (269 km) north of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

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The facility contains a Short Range AN/FPS-124 doppler airborne target surveillance radar that was installed in September 1992 as part of the North Warning System. The site (LAB-4) also consists of radar towers, communications facility, and storage and tunnel connected buildings for personnel.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "The DEWLine | the Distant Early Warning Radar Line".
  2. [2]
    http://www.lswilson.ca/dewline.htm#L The DEW LINE
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